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Formation of esker in ice-age

Formation of esker in ice-age. Sand and gravel sedimentation in meltwater tunnel of crevasse in moraine-choked glacier ice or dead-ice. The shape of the esker formed after the melting of the ice by soil slipping from the ice-contact walls. Source: Atlas of Denmark.

Folded upland of Liddon Gulf and Sabine Bay, Melville Island

Looking across folded upland of Liddon Gulf (left) and Sabine Bay, Melville Island. In the foreground is a syncline with strata dipping inwards. Erosion here has left a central ridge. Note how the large river has cut right across the fold. 1 Aug. 1950; 20,000 feet.

Fluvio-glacial valley.

Fluvio-glacial valley. 1. Moraine plateau. 2. Fluvio-glacial valley. 3. Terraces, resistant parts of earlier valley bottoms. 4. Recent valley floor cut into the terrace. 5. Erosion gulleys. a. Terrace with dead-ice topography. b. Lake in kettle hole. c. Bog depression in former river bed. d. Present valley. A. Moraine. B. Fluvio-glacial sand. Source: Atlas of Denmark.

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